§ MR. J. M. MACLEAN (Cardiff)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has sanctioned a resolution, passed by a majority of five to three of the unofficial members of the Legislative Council of Trinidad, in favour of the imposition of a surtax of 10 per 495 cent. on all imports from countries granting bounties on sugar; whether the unofficial members of the Legislative Council of Trinidad arc nominated by the Crown, and not elected by the people; whether the total value of imports into the colony from the Continent of Europe is only about £200,000 a year; and what proportion of this amount represents the imports from bounty-giving States.
§ MR. J. CHAMBERLAINThe answer to the first question is in the negative, and to the two following questions in the affirmative. According to the 1897 returns—the last available—£166,000 out of £178,000.